Garment



April 17, 1934.

R. V. ROCKWELL GARMENT Filed Jan. 17, 1933 I 221900 Kflockwezmvww ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 17, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application January 17,

1 Claim.

This invention relates to garments, and its general object is to provide a shirt made with a crotch and leg openings, so that the lower part thereof will be held within the trousers of the wearer to present a neat appearance, and not ride up in bulging bunches or be withdrawn entirely from the trousers, which happens with shirts now in general use when the wearer indulges in strenuous exercise.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shirt of the character set forth, in which the body including the crotch and adjacent leg portions can be cut and made from a single strip of material in an easy and expeditious manner and with minimum time.

A further object of the invention is to provide a shirt that is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and extremely eiiicient in use and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure l is a front view of a shirt constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a rear view thereof.

Figure 3 is a view illustrating how the body crotch and adjacent leg portions are formed in a single piece and cut from a single piece of material.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing in detail, and particularly to Figure 3, it will be seen that the body, crotch and adjacent leg portions of my shirt are out in a single piece and the body includes a front portion 1 and a rear portion 2 which are connected at the lower end by a reduced portion 3 which provides the crotch for the garment. Upon opposite sides of the reduced portion 3, the material is cut to provide V-shaped recesses 4 having their apex ends innermost as shown.

The front portion 1 is slit longitudinally through its center as at 5 and the slit extends into the rear portion 2 in circular formation as at 6 to provide the outer layer '7 of the flap 8 which will be presently described.

The upper ends of the front and rear portions are cut in rounded formation as at 9 to provide 1933, Serial No. 652,219

the neck opening for the shirt and the sides of the front and rear portion adjacent to the rounded portion 9 are likewise cut as at 10 to provide the arm openings.

' The upper portion of the garment is finished in the usual manner and the neck opening in the form of the invention as shown has secured thereto a collar 11, while the arm openings have secured thereto the inner ends of the sleeves 12, and a pocket 13 may be provided as shown.

Secured to one edge portion of the slit is the usual buttonhole or closure band 14 and which is disposed in overlapped relation with respect to the other edge portion of the slit, and the last mentioned edge portion has secured thereto buttons 15 to be received in the buttonholes of the closure band 14. The closure band terminates at the crotch portion of the garment and stitched to the back portion in a manner to follow the curvature adjacent to one edge 16 of that portion of the slit 5 that extends into the rear portion, is the inner closure flap 17 which is formed from two layers of material as clearly shown in Figure 4.

The inner layer of material for the outer flap 8 is indicated by the reference numeral 18, and the inner layer 18 may or may not be stitched to the outer layer 7, but it will be seen that the outer flap is disposed in overlapped relation with respect to the inner flap and is held secured with respect thereto through the medium of a fastening means such as a button and buttonhole 19.

It is of course understood that the front and rear portions of the body of the shirt have their side edges stitched together which of course leaves leg openings provided by the V-shaped recesses 4, and stitched about the leg openings are reinforcing bands 20. However, the material about the leg openings can be hemmed in the usual manner.

From the above description and disclosure of the drawing, it will be obvious that I have provided a shirt which is positively held within the trousers of the wearer so as to provide a neat appearance, as well as to overcome the uncom- 10.0 fortable bulging action of the lower part of the garment which generally takes place in shirts now in general use, and prevents the lower part from riding up and out of the trousers when the wearer indulges in strenuous exercise, yet my shirt is comfortable and the flaps can be easily opened and closed and secured in their latter position as will be apparent upon inspection of Figure 2.

It is thought from the foregoing description 110,,

"tion extending from the crotch thereof in curved formation to provide a flap portion, an inner layer for the flap portion, and an inner closure flap having multiple layers receiving the marginal edge of the curved slit portion therebetween and arranged in superimposed relation with respect to the flap portion and inner layer therefor.

RENA V. ROCKWELL. 

